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. >> former editor rebekah brooks also testified. she too denied any knowledge of illegal activity. >>> at least one person from the d.c. area was arrested and accused in taking part of a cyber attack on paypal's website as part of the pro wikileaks group anonymous. 14 people in all were arrested. the attacks were launched after paypal suspended wikileaks donation accounts in 2010. wikileaks released a large number of state department cables on its website. athe time wikileaks claimed that paypal was trying to economically strangle the website. >>> the man accused of going on a shooting rampage at ft. hood in 2009 will be formally charged. former major nadal hasan will be indicted on 13 counts of premedicated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. because hasan faces the death penalty, he is required to plead not guilty. attorneys say hasan may use an insanity defense to begin in his trial next march. >>> a technology company accused of secretly working for the pakistani government. the fbi says the organization was a
. >> former editor rebekah brooks also testified. she too denied any knowledge of illegal activity. >>> at least one person from the d.c. area was arrested and accused in taking part of a cyber attack on paypal's website as part of the pro wikileaks group anonymous. 14 people in all were arrested. the attacks were launched after paypal suspended wikileaks donation accounts in 2010. wikileaks released a large number of state department cables on its website. athe time wikileaks...
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. >> then we waited for rebekah brooks to come in. she was the editor at the time this alleged hacking was going on. we all waited for her to say something, but that did not happen. she didn't know about hacking, she never condoned it or sanctioned it, she didn't know about payments to police. she never condoned or sanctioned that. some of her questioners were saying, isn't it incredible that you did not know of any of this? she said, yeah, maybe it is incredible but i just didn't know. >> that was michelle kosinski reporting from london. rebeckah brooks was arrested sunday in connection with scotland yards' investigation into the allegations of hacking and bribery. federal authorities have made arrests in at least three states in connection with the investigation of a computer hacking group that calls itself anonymous. among those arrests is a contract ploy of at&t who's accused of using his access to acquire information and post it online in file sharing sites. >>> now to the hot weather, it's stirred up some storms across the regio
. >> then we waited for rebekah brooks to come in. she was the editor at the time this alleged hacking was going on. we all waited for her to say something, but that did not happen. she didn't know about hacking, she never condoned it or sanctioned it, she didn't know about payments to police. she never condoned or sanctioned that. some of her questioners were saying, isn't it incredible that you did not know of any of this? she said, yeah, maybe it is incredible but i just didn't know....
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nbc news confirms that top executive rebecca brooks has resigned from rupert murdoch's news corporation amid the phone hacking scandal in great britain. the scandal has widened to include charges of tampering and police bribery. murdoch shut down his tabloid "news of the world" in response to the scandal. meanwhile the fbi is looking into allegations that newscorp employees tried to hack into the telephones of 9/11 victims in the united states. >>> seven minutes after the hour now. 68 degrees. casey anthony will be a free casey anthony will be a free woman this weekend. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> good morning. 67 degrees. sun is up. what a beautiful picture. blue skies, streaky clouds above us. blue s
nbc news confirms that top executive rebecca brooks has resigned from rupert murdoch's news corporation amid the phone hacking scandal in great britain. the scandal has widened to include charges of tampering and police bribery. murdoch shut down his tabloid "news of the world" in response to the scandal. meanwhile the fbi is looking into allegations that newscorp employees tried to hack into the telephones of 9/11 victims in the united states. >>> seven minutes after the...
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later in the day, brooks faced questions by herself from the same panel. she was arrested on sunday over allegations of phone hacking and payments to police for information. she, too, denies any wrongdoing or any knowledge of wrongdoing. >> i have never paid a policeman myself. >> reporter: but for the murdochs, the day was not just about defending themselves. they were trying to salvage the reputation of news corp.. >> the "news of the world" is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world. >> reporter: in just two weeks, the second largest media company in the world has come under withering attack. >> and it is our determination to both put things right, make sure these things don't happen again. >> reporter: it is widely believed that james wants the top job at news corp. himself, but for the moment, that position isn't open. >> mr. murdoch, have you considered resigning? >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted have let me down. i am the best person to clean this up. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. murdoc
later in the day, brooks faced questions by herself from the same panel. she was arrested on sunday over allegations of phone hacking and payments to police for information. she, too, denies any wrongdoing or any knowledge of wrongdoing. >> i have never paid a policeman myself. >> reporter: but for the murdochs, the day was not just about defending themselves. they were trying to salvage the reputation of news corp.. >> the "news of the world" is less than 1% of our...
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rebekah brooks, chief executive who stepped down was taken into custody this morning. it comes the same day as second round of full page ads for rupert murdoch which said news corp. would assist. coming under fire for their close relationships with murdoch. >>> the white house taking heat over a meeting with the dalai lama. they met for 45 minutes yesterday. it reaffirms the president's belief that china should meet with the dalai lama to amend their differences. they asked the u.s. to rescind hours before the meeting with the dalai lama. >>> more meetings expected between the president and congressional republicans in an effort to end the debt limit crisis. there are 16 days until the ceiling is reached. in his weekly internet and radio addresses said higher taxes on the wealthy will raise revenue. republicans were quick to shoot it down saying it's not a tax problem. it's a spending problem. >> the truth is you can't solve our deficit without cutting spending but you can't solve it without asking the weightiest americans to pay their fair share. >> washington has con
rebekah brooks, chief executive who stepped down was taken into custody this morning. it comes the same day as second round of full page ads for rupert murdoch which said news corp. would assist. coming under fire for their close relationships with murdoch. >>> the white house taking heat over a meeting with the dalai lama. they met for 45 minutes yesterday. it reaffirms the president's belief that china should meet with the dalai lama to amend their differences. they asked the u.s. to...
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., rebekah brooks, apologized, too. with murdoch's support, she toughed out almost two weeks of angry calls for her resignation. finally today she stepped down. but no display of public remorse by murdoch can stop the investigations under way. nine people have now been arrested, including a reporter and several editors. now, next week, on tuesday, we're going to see rupert murdoch, his son and heir apparent james, and rebekah brooks appear before a parliamentary investigation into hacking as witnesses. of course, the question to them will be "what did you know? did you know what was going on at the paper? and if you didn't, why not?" scott? >> pelley: thanks, liz. news corporation has a value of $41 billion but its stock has plummeted since july 1 when the scandal broke. it has lost $6 billion in market value so far. the resignation of les hinton, the c.e.o. overseeing the "wall street journal," was announced after the market closed today. elaine quijano joins us now the late-breaking developments. >> reporter: scott, p
., rebekah brooks, apologized, too. with murdoch's support, she toughed out almost two weeks of angry calls for her resignation. finally today she stepped down. but no display of public remorse by murdoch can stop the investigations under way. nine people have now been arrested, including a reporter and several editors. now, next week, on tuesday, we're going to see rupert murdoch, his son and heir apparent james, and rebekah brooks appear before a parliamentary investigation into hacking as...
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later rebekah brooks testified. she's the former editor of "the news of the world." she denied any knowledge of illegal activity. >>> more trouble for vincent gray. there are more questions about his election campaign last year, and whether tens of thousands of dollars in cash contributions may have violated the law. >> reporter: who gave the cash, how much was raised? how was it handled? all new questions for a campaign already under investigation. since last year's election, in which vince gray defeated mayor fenty, questions had been raised about gray's campaign. suleman brown alleges gray operatives have paid him cash in money orders and later gave him a city job to keep up his criticism of fenty, an allegation being probed by the u.s. attorney's office. now an investigation says gray's campaign raised at least $57,000 in cash, that exceeded legal limits of $25 contributions. the campaign hid the money by issuing money orders using different names. it's unclear why it was done. >> there are allegations of improprieties, we want to get to the bottom of that also.
later rebekah brooks testified. she's the former editor of "the news of the world." she denied any knowledge of illegal activity. >>> more trouble for vincent gray. there are more questions about his election campaign last year, and whether tens of thousands of dollars in cash contributions may have violated the law. >> reporter: who gave the cash, how much was raised? how was it handled? all new questions for a campaign already under investigation. since last year's...
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former editor rebekah brooks also testified. she too denied knowledge of any legal activity. >>> today lawmakers will have a new proposal to consider in the debt limit debate. that measure was developed by the gang of six. it's a group of three democrat and three republican senators, including virginia's mark warner. they introduced a plan yesterday. it would reduce the deficit by about $4 trillion over the next decade and add $1 trillion in tax revenue. it has already received support from both sides of the aisle and won the president's approval. house republicans are still pushing for cut, cap, and balance, which passed the house yesterday primarily along party lines. it, however, is expected to die in the senate. >>> the president could get an idea of what folks in our region think about the debt ceiling debate later this week at a town hall. the university of maryland says president obama is scheduled to visit college park to participate in that meeting on friday. it will be held at richie coliseum, one of the smaller venues
former editor rebekah brooks also testified. she too denied knowledge of any legal activity. >>> today lawmakers will have a new proposal to consider in the debt limit debate. that measure was developed by the gang of six. it's a group of three democrat and three republican senators, including virginia's mark warner. they introduced a plan yesterday. it would reduce the deficit by about $4 trillion over the next decade and add $1 trillion in tax revenue. it has already received support...
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. >>> new this morning, the bbc reports news international chief executive rebecca brooks has resigned. meanwhile, the fbi has announced an investigation into rupert murdoch's news corporation in connection with the phone hacking scandal in britain. u.s. attorney general eric holder confirmed they are looking into allegations that newscorp employees tried to hack into the telephones of 9/11 victims in the united states. meanwhile, murdoch and his son james will appear before british lawmakers next week. the scandal is widening now to include accusations of eavesdropping and police bribery. murdoch shut down his tabloid "news of the world" newspaper in response to the scandal. >>> osama bin laden was apparently planning for a 9/11 anniversary attack. "the wall street journal" reports bin laden was working to assemble a team of militants. that's according to information obtained in the raid on his compound in may. officials say the plans were only in the discussion phase, and they haven't seen any signs the plot ever went beyond that. >>> 5:07 is the time right now. ahead, the embarrassi
. >>> new this morning, the bbc reports news international chief executive rebecca brooks has resigned. meanwhile, the fbi has announced an investigation into rupert murdoch's news corporation in connection with the phone hacking scandal in britain. u.s. attorney general eric holder confirmed they are looking into allegations that newscorp employees tried to hack into the telephones of 9/11 victims in the united states. meanwhile, murdoch and his son james will appear before british...
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its editor rebecca brooks runs international operations and refused to resign. the news will conduct its own internal inquiring into the hacking but rebecca brooks will head the investigation, in other words, investigating herself. the police inquiry and scotland yard said there be more bombshell investigations to come. >> we'll stay on top of that story for you. >>> straight ahead your wednesday morning weather and in sports the mets shows sparkling defense at dodger's stadium and some power, too. you know what this is, cartwright? yes. nicorette mini. you carry them around everywhere. yes i do, because cravings are everywhere. would you take a craving for me, cartwright? how would i -- exactly. [ male announcer ] nicorette mini goes wherever you go, to help make quitting suck less. [ male announcer ] nicorette mini goes wherever you go, meet beth, nursery school teacher. lights, camera, activia it's the best job in the world. my students are amazing. but to be there for them, you've gotta feel your best. kids can tell. that's why i love eating activia every da
its editor rebecca brooks runs international operations and refused to resign. the news will conduct its own internal inquiring into the hacking but rebecca brooks will head the investigation, in other words, investigating herself. the police inquiry and scotland yard said there be more bombshell investigations to come. >> we'll stay on top of that story for you. >>> straight ahead your wednesday morning weather and in sports the mets shows sparkling defense at dodger's stadium...
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they are 46-year-old john hasten of clinton, maryland, as well as 49-year-old craig brooks of district heights. police say they were wearing blue utility uniforms when they went to the victim's home yesterday afternoon. the victim has been identified as 44-year-old david williams. he was killed in his home in bowie about 12:45 yesterday afternoon. he was described as a local businessman, and we do know he owned a laundromat, and police say he was apparently targeted for his money. >> we believe that the suspect was posing as pepco workers when they went to mr. williams' home. and we're not sure if mr. williams opened the door or if they actually gained entry through an open door. we're trying to figure out if they knew mr. williams, but we do know that mr. williams is a local business owner here in the county. and we believe that he was targeted because he was a business owner. maybe the suspects believed that he had funds inside the home. so therefore, we know that robbery was the motive. >> reporter: we can say these two suspects have been charged with murder and robbery, and this in
they are 46-year-old john hasten of clinton, maryland, as well as 49-year-old craig brooks of district heights. police say they were wearing blue utility uniforms when they went to the victim's home yesterday afternoon. the victim has been identified as 44-year-old david williams. he was killed in his home in bowie about 12:45 yesterday afternoon. he was described as a local businessman, and we do know he owned a laundromat, and police say he was apparently targeted for his money. >> we...
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extend hours at other locations across the state guess what that's where those are they are primarily in brooke publican areas so is this just a coup when students or is this scott walker's nefarious plan to keep democratic voters from the polls now wisconsin is not the only state to target voters this year our friends over at think progress have been reporting on efforts to curb voter rights so far that they've tracked are named in two thousand and eleven now they have counted more than twenty states where republican lawmakers have used voter fraud speculation to introduce legislation to restrict voting rights now not all the measures passed this year but nearly two dozen states tried so you may be asking yourself maybe this voter fraud issue is the real deal with so many states actively fighting it well not quite the bush administration will use their methods as an example they waged a five year war on voter fraud in those five years eighty six people were convicted of illegal voting out of more than one hundred and ninety six million votes cast. maybe we should be putting our time and our en
extend hours at other locations across the state guess what that's where those are they are primarily in brooke publican areas so is this just a coup when students or is this scott walker's nefarious plan to keep democratic voters from the polls now wisconsin is not the only state to target voters this year our friends over at think progress have been reporting on efforts to curb voter rights so far that they've tracked are named in two thousand and eleven now they have counted more than twenty...
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. >> former editor rebekah brooks also testified she too denied any knowledge of illegal activity. > >> and a wild scene broke out during testimony. rupert murdoch's wife sprang to action defending her husband. she jumped up and slapped a spectator who tried to throw a pie pan of shaving cream into his face. there you go. you see her right hook? >> wow, got to protect your man. good for her. >>> at least one person from the d.c. area was arrested and accused of taking part in a cyber attack on paypal's website. the fbi arrested 14 people in all. according to the indictment, the cyber attacks were launched after paypal suspended wikileaks donation accounts in november of 2010. wikileaks released a large number of classified u.s. state department cables on its website. at the time, wikileaks claimed that paypal was trying to economically strangle the website. >>> the taliban is denying reports the group's leader is dead. a text message sent to journalists claiming insurgent leader omar's death was dead. the text message announced commander of the muslim faith is dead, and that's the ti
. >> former editor rebekah brooks also testified she too denied any knowledge of illegal activity. > >> and a wild scene broke out during testimony. rupert murdoch's wife sprang to action defending her husband. she jumped up and slapped a spectator who tried to throw a pie pan of shaving cream into his face. there you go. you see her right hook? >> wow, got to protect your man. good for her. >>> at least one person from the d.c. area was arrested and accused of...
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back to you. >> brooke, thanks so much. we'll see you next hour. >>> well, they were promised a revolution. so far all they've gotten is a bunch of talk. up next, tens of thousands of protestors pack egypt's tehrer square. their message? give us reform now. >>> plus a horrifying story out of texas caught on camera. a fan trying to catch a ball falls 20 feet. that is coming up next. ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ you can do this... get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this. bengay pain relief + massage with penetrating nubs plus the powerful pain relief of bengay. love the nubs! with pe i've tried it.plus the powerful pain relief of bengay. but nothing's helped me beat my back pain. then i tried this. it's salonpas. this is the relief i've been looking for. salonpas has 2 powerful pain fighting ingredients that
back to you. >> brooke, thanks so much. we'll see you next hour. >>> well, they were promised a revolution. so far all they've gotten is a bunch of talk. up next, tens of thousands of protestors pack egypt's tehrer square. their message? give us reform now. >>> plus a horrifying story out of texas caught on camera. a fan trying to catch a ball falls 20 feet. that is coming up next. ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [...
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the editor of murdoch's tainted tabloid, rebekah brooks, arrested. and two top police chiefs, including the head of england's mighty scotland yard, resigned. and, now, a powerful father has to try to protect his son. here is abc's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: just because they own tv networks doesn't mean the murdochs, father and son, like being on them. but, tomorrow, rupert and james murdoch will be stars of their own version of "dynasty," as they are grilled live by outraged british politicians. >> he worries not just about the company he built -- he didn't inherit this company, he built it. and he's also got to worry about his children, who he assumed would -- and wanted to succeed him. >> reporter: that is looking increasingly unlikely. james murdoch was being groomed to take over from his 80-year-old dad. but he could now face criminal charges. he admits paying two high-profile victims of his newspapers illegal hacking $1 million to keep quiet. >> there was a particular settlement that i authorized, and i've said was made with information that
the editor of murdoch's tainted tabloid, rebekah brooks, arrested. and two top police chiefs, including the head of england's mighty scotland yard, resigned. and, now, a powerful father has to try to protect his son. here is abc's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: just because they own tv networks doesn't mean the murdochs, father and son, like being on them. but, tomorrow, rupert and james murdoch will be stars of their own version of "dynasty," as they are grilled live by outraged...
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hiking, biking, pilates... [ woman ] brooke... okay. i wear yoga pants because i am too lazy for real pants. that's my tide. what's yours? >>> it's time for our guys tell-all panel to make rhyme or reason out of your man. first up, single guy, david good, "author of the man code. >> and true tv's the host of the hot ten on the centric television channel. >> it does exist, hoda. >> and it's very big of in your family. >> and comedian and actor rick younger, he can be heard on the comedy cd called "come on now." and most recently stole the movie, "morning glory." and our voice of reason, andrew trees, author of a book and the father of a beautiful young son. >> let's go across to sara. let's hear you. >> i'm here with becky from south carolina, she's got her first question. >> hi, guys, i have a general question. what does it mean if you found out that a guy has created three separate adult dating profiles? while being married for four years? >> now when you say guy, do you mean -- your husband? because that's a whole 'nother situation. i
hiking, biking, pilates... [ woman ] brooke... okay. i wear yoga pants because i am too lazy for real pants. that's my tide. what's yours? >>> it's time for our guys tell-all panel to make rhyme or reason out of your man. first up, single guy, david good, "author of the man code. >> and true tv's the host of the hot ten on the centric television channel. >> it does exist, hoda. >> and it's very big of in your family. >> and comedian and actor rick younger,...
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. >> a member of parliament asked murdoch about one of his top executives, rebekah brooks, who admitted to paying bribes in 2003. >> did you or anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> can you explain why? >> i didn't know of it. >> he didn't know about that one either. murdoch's testimony was reminding me of another famous hearing. do you remember frank from the godfather? >> i ask you again, you are now under oath. were you at any time a member of a crime organization headed by michael corlione. >> i don't know nothing about that. >> i don't know anything about that stuff. when he wasn't suffering from amnesia, he was defiant. he claimed no knowledge of huge payouts to informants at "news of the world." >> surely in weekly conversations with editor of "news of the world," paying somebody a million pounds or 700 thousand pounds, surely you would expect the editor to drop it into the conversation at some point during your weekly chat? >> no. >> you wouldn't expect them to say that. >> no. >> even though he said he was sorry for the scandal, he passed the
. >> a member of parliament asked murdoch about one of his top executives, rebekah brooks, who admitted to paying bribes in 2003. >> did you or anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> can you explain why? >> i didn't know of it. >> he didn't know about that one either. murdoch's testimony was reminding me of another famous hearing. do you remember frank from the godfather? >> i ask you again, you are now under oath. were...
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when the story first broke like mick jager and hugh grant at the center of the controversy is rebecca brooks who headed up the tabloid newspaper for years and is now in charge of murdock's british news corporation. she says she will continue to lead the company despite for calls for her to resign. charlie d'agata, london. >> police are already begun to look into evidence that the newspaper paid officers in return for information. >>> coming up next. new at 5:30:00 p.m. casey anthony could be spending her last full day behind bars. we will talk about what's next for the florida mom acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. >>> president obama reconnects with young voters in his first twitter town hall. i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. i'll have that story coming up. >> the charge for first-degree murder. we the jury find the defendant knot guilty for count 1. so say we all. orange county, florida. >>> shocking the nation and dividing core spectators. tonight an alternate juror says he feels compassion for the young woman and hopes she will get assume help. russell says anthon
when the story first broke like mick jager and hugh grant at the center of the controversy is rebecca brooks who headed up the tabloid newspaper for years and is now in charge of murdock's british news corporation. she says she will continue to lead the company despite for calls for her to resign. charlie d'agata, london. >> police are already begun to look into evidence that the newspaper paid officers in return for information. >>> coming up next. new at 5:30:00 p.m. casey...
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brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. i have voted to raise the debt ceiling where the bill makes america's financial condition better, not worse. both the reid and boehner plans failed to adequately address unsustainable deficits that threaten america with insolvency and bankruptcy. both plans put the debt ceiling issue to 2012 or 2013 at which time a financially weaker america will confront a worse debt ceiling crisis. both plans simply are not up to the seriousness of the financial challenges america faces. washington must put 2012 election considerations aside and put america's interests first and foremost now. congress and the white house can and must do better now. america deserves better now. and quite frankly we have no choice but to do better now. years of spending binges have come to roost. america has suffered $3 trillion deficits and faces trillion dollar deficit noose the foreseeable future. annual deficits and accumulated debt force america to confront two major financial threat, both with one common cause,
brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. i have voted to raise the debt ceiling where the bill makes america's financial condition better, not worse. both the reid and boehner plans failed to adequately address unsustainable deficits that threaten america with insolvency and bankruptcy. both plans put the debt ceiling issue to 2012 or 2013 at which time a financially weaker america will confront a worse debt ceiling crisis. both plans simply are not up to the seriousness of...
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this report from brookings institution proves it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, so recognized. >> mr. speaker, yesterday i stood on this floor with three weeks to go before august second, the debt ceiling, to make the argument we should abide by the commitments we have made in the past. today i heard chairman bernanke of the federal reserve say that to fail to raise the debt ceiling would be devastating for jobs. what's the hold up? don't take it from me. let me read you a paragraph from the economist magazine, this is not mother jones, not the new york times, this is the miist magazine. the sticking point is not on the spending side. it is because the vast majority of republicans driven on by the wild-eyed members of their party are clinging to the position that not a single deficit reduction must come from hire tax take. mr. himes: this is economically ill literate and disgracefully cynical. this is economically illiterate and
this report from brookings institution proves it. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, so recognized. >> mr. speaker, yesterday i stood on this floor with three weeks to go before august second, the debt ceiling, to make the argument we should abide by the commitments we have made in the past. today i heard chairman bernanke of the federal reserve say...
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this happened before 6:00 last night in the neighborhood near okay brook elementary school. the delivery driver told police had had just delivered a pizza when he was confronted by five suspects who stole his car. two of the suspects crashed the vehicle and fled on foot. one person was caught. police say a neighbor then reported a teenager trying to break into a vacant rental home. police say he tried to set the home on fire by putting a cutting board on a stove burner. officers put the small fire out and found the teenager in some nearby bushes. >>> we are now learning that one of the men shot in oakland thursday night has died. the shooting happened on 71st. the name of the victim was not released, part of a string of three shootings that left five other people injured. police are still trying to determine if they are connected. >>> oakland firefighters say a grass fire in the oakland hills was caused by a car that overheated. the fire started just after 3:30 yesterday afternoon, in a car on skyline boulevard about a half mile from the space and science center. crews put t
this happened before 6:00 last night in the neighborhood near okay brook elementary school. the delivery driver told police had had just delivered a pizza when he was confronted by five suspects who stole his car. two of the suspects crashed the vehicle and fled on foot. one person was caught. police say a neighbor then reported a teenager trying to break into a vacant rental home. police say he tried to set the home on fire by putting a cutting board on a stove burner. officers put the small...